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  • Colors leads Hindi GEC; Sab TV replaces Zee TV

    Colors leads Hindi GEC; Sab TV replaces Zee TV

    MUMBAI: For two consecutive weeks, Colors continues to rule the Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs). This is the second week wherein Colors’s two shows grabbed the two leading positions with Naagin season 2 and Shakti in Hindi GEC and Hindi GEC urban market. 

    Also, Sony Pictures Network’s Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television emerged as strong competitors for Zee TV. On the other hand, Zee Anmol continues to lead the rural Hindi speaking market.

    Hindi GEC
    Colors maintained its leadership position with 683402 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on second position with 660542 Impressions (000s) and Zee Anmol on third with 500722 Impressions (000s).
    Zee TV stood at number four  with 476401 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal grabbed fifth spot with 431781 Impressions (000s).
    Sab TV climbed up at number six with 412435 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at number seven with 395971 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav at eight with 395049 Impressions (000s). Rishtey and Life OK garnered the ninth and tenth spot with 386132 Impressions (000s) and 366503 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural
    Zee Anmol garnered the leadership position  with 387086  Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on second slot with 322007 Impressions (000s) and  Star Utsav on the third spot with 306435 Impressions (000s). Rishtey  maintained its fourth position with 295230 Impressions (000s).

    Colors bagged fifth  spot with 228678 Impressions (000s).  Star Plus stood at sixth spot in Rural HSM with 220267 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 206656 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at eight with 139193 Impressions (000s) followed by Big Magic 129327 at ninth place with 141466 Impressions (000s) and Sab TV at tenth spot garnered 125399 Impressions (000s).
    Hindi GEC Urban
    Colors retained as the number one channel in Urban Hindi GECs genre with 454724 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus on second with 440275 Impressions (000’s). Sony Pictures Network’s GECs channel grabbed the third and fourth slot. Sab TV bagged the third position 287036 impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment stood at number four with 272659 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV fell on fifth spot with 269745 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK on sixth with 227310 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 130462 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.
    Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Rishtey  grabbed the last three spots with 113636 Impressions (000s), 109774 Impressions (000s) and 90903 Impressions (000s) respectively. Star Utsav exit the list of top ten channel this week.

  • Colors leads Hindi GEC; Sab TV replaces Zee TV

    Colors leads Hindi GEC; Sab TV replaces Zee TV

    MUMBAI: For two consecutive weeks, Colors continues to rule the Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs). This is the second week wherein Colors’s two shows grabbed the two leading positions with Naagin season 2 and Shakti in Hindi GEC and Hindi GEC urban market. 

    Also, Sony Pictures Network’s Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television emerged as strong competitors for Zee TV. On the other hand, Zee Anmol continues to lead the rural Hindi speaking market.

    Hindi GEC
    Colors maintained its leadership position with 683402 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on second position with 660542 Impressions (000s) and Zee Anmol on third with 500722 Impressions (000s).
    Zee TV stood at number four  with 476401 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal grabbed fifth spot with 431781 Impressions (000s).
    Sab TV climbed up at number six with 412435 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at number seven with 395971 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav at eight with 395049 Impressions (000s). Rishtey and Life OK garnered the ninth and tenth spot with 386132 Impressions (000s) and 366503 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural
    Zee Anmol garnered the leadership position  with 387086  Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on second slot with 322007 Impressions (000s) and  Star Utsav on the third spot with 306435 Impressions (000s). Rishtey  maintained its fourth position with 295230 Impressions (000s).

    Colors bagged fifth  spot with 228678 Impressions (000s).  Star Plus stood at sixth spot in Rural HSM with 220267 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 206656 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at eight with 139193 Impressions (000s) followed by Big Magic 129327 at ninth place with 141466 Impressions (000s) and Sab TV at tenth spot garnered 125399 Impressions (000s).
    Hindi GEC Urban
    Colors retained as the number one channel in Urban Hindi GECs genre with 454724 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus on second with 440275 Impressions (000’s). Sony Pictures Network’s GECs channel grabbed the third and fourth slot. Sab TV bagged the third position 287036 impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment stood at number four with 272659 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV fell on fifth spot with 269745 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK on sixth with 227310 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 130462 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.
    Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Rishtey  grabbed the last three spots with 113636 Impressions (000s), 109774 Impressions (000s) and 90903 Impressions (000s) respectively. Star Utsav exit the list of top ten channel this week.

  • Zee tops TRA Research’s most attractive 2016 TV media brands list

    Zee tops TRA Research’s most attractive 2016 TV media brands list

    MUMBAI: Which are the most attractive TV media brands? Zee TV tops, while MTV is at No 2, and Star Plus, surprisingly is at third spot. Aaj Tak, NDTV, Colors, SAB, Zee News, ABP News, India TV are the rest in the Top in that specific order.

    At least that’s the finding of brand intelligence and data insights company, TRA Research, a part of the Comniscient Group, Most Attractive Brands 2016 report.

    For Punit Goenka and team Zee there’s many reasons to celebrate. Brand Zee TV has risen 116 places to 93 in the overall list of India’s most attractive brands (as compared to the 2015 ranking), while it ranks number 1 in the Hindi GEC category. Star Plus too has improved drastically by 163 places to rank at 110. But it is placed at No 2 in the Hindi GEC category. Colors which dropped 37 places to rank at 349 overall, is at the third spot in the GEC category.

    What’s surprising is that the mired in controversy NDTV has ranked No1 in the most attractive channel cluster category with the Zee Network coming in at No 2 and TV9 at No 3.

    Aaj Tak is numero uno in Hindi news, while Zee News ranks second and ABP News is a third spot.

    BBC has proved to be the most attractive international news TV brand for 2016, followed by CNN and NBC.

    Amongst kids channels, Disney Channel has taken pole position.

    This year, LG has unseated Samsung from the top spot and the smartphone maker has slipped to the third rank. LG is followed by Sony in the top 20.

    “The survey was conducted in 16 cities across India,” said TRA Research CEO N Chandramouli.

    Patanjali has emerged right on top in the fast moving consumer coods (FMCG) – diversified sub-category. In the FMCG sector, Baba Ramdev’s brand stands at 12, whereas in the overall rankings, it has taken the lead in the chart by 284 ranks to 87th as compared to last year’s 371.

    Amazon’s aggressive growth over the past year or so has seen it go past popular search engine Google to claim the top spot. In the overall attractive brands chart, Amazon has entered the top 100 club at 96th rank, while Google trails it at 102nd rank. Indian e-commerce portal Flipkart is far behind at 125th, but up from previous year’s 346.

  • Zee tops TRA Research’s most attractive 2016 TV media brands list

    Zee tops TRA Research’s most attractive 2016 TV media brands list

    MUMBAI: Which are the most attractive TV media brands? Zee TV tops, while MTV is at No 2, and Star Plus, surprisingly is at third spot. Aaj Tak, NDTV, Colors, SAB, Zee News, ABP News, India TV are the rest in the Top in that specific order.

    At least that’s the finding of brand intelligence and data insights company, TRA Research, a part of the Comniscient Group, Most Attractive Brands 2016 report.

    For Punit Goenka and team Zee there’s many reasons to celebrate. Brand Zee TV has risen 116 places to 93 in the overall list of India’s most attractive brands (as compared to the 2015 ranking), while it ranks number 1 in the Hindi GEC category. Star Plus too has improved drastically by 163 places to rank at 110. But it is placed at No 2 in the Hindi GEC category. Colors which dropped 37 places to rank at 349 overall, is at the third spot in the GEC category.

    What’s surprising is that the mired in controversy NDTV has ranked No1 in the most attractive channel cluster category with the Zee Network coming in at No 2 and TV9 at No 3.

    Aaj Tak is numero uno in Hindi news, while Zee News ranks second and ABP News is a third spot.

    BBC has proved to be the most attractive international news TV brand for 2016, followed by CNN and NBC.

    Amongst kids channels, Disney Channel has taken pole position.

    This year, LG has unseated Samsung from the top spot and the smartphone maker has slipped to the third rank. LG is followed by Sony in the top 20.

    “The survey was conducted in 16 cities across India,” said TRA Research CEO N Chandramouli.

    Patanjali has emerged right on top in the fast moving consumer coods (FMCG) – diversified sub-category. In the FMCG sector, Baba Ramdev’s brand stands at 12, whereas in the overall rankings, it has taken the lead in the chart by 284 ranks to 87th as compared to last year’s 371.

    Amazon’s aggressive growth over the past year or so has seen it go past popular search engine Google to claim the top spot. In the overall attractive brands chart, Amazon has entered the top 100 club at 96th rank, while Google trails it at 102nd rank. Indian e-commerce portal Flipkart is far behind at 125th, but up from previous year’s 346.

  • Colors emerges strong on strength of Naagin I & II

    Colors emerges strong on strength of Naagin I & II

    MUMBAI: One of the top rated shows Naagin Season 2 helped Colors reach a top-ranking position.

    This week Colors was close to Star Plus in Urban and Hindi GEC segment but Star Plus continued to be the leader in the genre. Also, Naagin season one topped the rural market as well.

    It seems that next week will be interesting for both Star Plus and Colors. On the other hand, Zee Anmol continues to lead the rural market and also Big Magic is the new entrant in the section and Sab TV exited the genre in week 41.

    Hindi GEC

    Backed by Naagin season 2 and Shakti, Colors filled the gap to claim the leadership position but Star Plus continued to lead the genre with 706324 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors on second spot with 682916 Impressions (000s) and Zee Anmol on third with 521105 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV stood at number four with 472953 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal grabbed fifth spot with 432309 Impressions (000s).

    Life OK climbed up to number six with 415987 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at number seven with 415584 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav at eight with 401336 Impressions (000s).

    Rishtey and Sab TV garnered the ninth and tenth spot with 392580 Impressions (000s) and 364481 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Zee Anmol garnered the leadership position with 404238 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on second slot with 329426 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav on the third spot with 309055 Impressions (000s). Rishtey maintained its fourth position with 302831 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus bagged fifth spot with 237609 Impressions (000s). Colors stood at sixth spot in Rural HSM with 232220 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 208573 Impressions (000s). Big Magic entered the top ten channel list this week and stood at eight with 156238 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK at ninth place with 150768 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television at tenth spot garnered 123171 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Star Plus continued to dominate the Hindi GECs genre with 468715 Impressions (000’s) followed by Colors on second with 450696 Impressions (000’s). Sony Entertainment Television maintained its position at number three with 292413 Impression (000s).

    Life OK replaced Zee TV at four with 265220 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV grabbed the fifth spot with 264379 Impressions (000s) followed by Sab TV on sixth with 256307 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 138670 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

    In Hindi-speaking market, free to air channels Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Star Utsav grabbed the last three spots with 116867 Impressions (000s), 102883 Impressions (000s) and 92282 Impressions (000s), respectively.

  • Colors emerges strong on strength of Naagin I & II

    Colors emerges strong on strength of Naagin I & II

    MUMBAI: One of the top rated shows Naagin Season 2 helped Colors reach a top-ranking position.

    This week Colors was close to Star Plus in Urban and Hindi GEC segment but Star Plus continued to be the leader in the genre. Also, Naagin season one topped the rural market as well.

    It seems that next week will be interesting for both Star Plus and Colors. On the other hand, Zee Anmol continues to lead the rural market and also Big Magic is the new entrant in the section and Sab TV exited the genre in week 41.

    Hindi GEC

    Backed by Naagin season 2 and Shakti, Colors filled the gap to claim the leadership position but Star Plus continued to lead the genre with 706324 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors on second spot with 682916 Impressions (000s) and Zee Anmol on third with 521105 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV stood at number four with 472953 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal grabbed fifth spot with 432309 Impressions (000s).

    Life OK climbed up to number six with 415987 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at number seven with 415584 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav at eight with 401336 Impressions (000s).

    Rishtey and Sab TV garnered the ninth and tenth spot with 392580 Impressions (000s) and 364481 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Zee Anmol garnered the leadership position with 404238 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on second slot with 329426 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav on the third spot with 309055 Impressions (000s). Rishtey maintained its fourth position with 302831 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus bagged fifth spot with 237609 Impressions (000s). Colors stood at sixth spot in Rural HSM with 232220 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 208573 Impressions (000s). Big Magic entered the top ten channel list this week and stood at eight with 156238 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK at ninth place with 150768 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television at tenth spot garnered 123171 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Star Plus continued to dominate the Hindi GECs genre with 468715 Impressions (000’s) followed by Colors on second with 450696 Impressions (000’s). Sony Entertainment Television maintained its position at number three with 292413 Impression (000s).

    Life OK replaced Zee TV at four with 265220 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV grabbed the fifth spot with 264379 Impressions (000s) followed by Sab TV on sixth with 256307 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 138670 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

    In Hindi-speaking market, free to air channels Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Star Utsav grabbed the last three spots with 116867 Impressions (000s), 102883 Impressions (000s) and 92282 Impressions (000s), respectively.

  • Pakistan Broadcasters Association to oppose PEMRA Indian content ban

    Pakistan Broadcasters Association to oppose PEMRA Indian content ban

    MUMBAI: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) shocked both Pakistan and Indian broadcasters when it issued an order blanking out  all Indian content from Pakistan’s television channels on 19 October.

    Close to Rs 150 crore of Indian content exports to Pakistan went up in smoke with that order. And, Indian broadcasters’ syndication and film distribution teams – including those from Zee TV, Viacom18, Sony Pictures Networks India, Star India, YRF, Dharma Productions, T-Series etc – were still reeling from the shock of the draconian diktat. As were Pakistan channel, FM radio and film distribution executives and  theatre owners.

    Apparently, the Pakistan media fraternity is not going let PEMRA have its way easily. The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) , the representative body of the TV channels and FM radio services is mulling taking legal recourse against PEMRA’s sudden order.

    According to Pakistan industry sources, the PBA is likely to take PEMRA to court, objecting to its arbitrary decision.

    Says a senior Pakistan TV channel executive: “The current limitation of 10 per cent international and six per cent Indian content was done through an act of Parliament. PEMRA is overstepping its brief by promulgating its new order. It has no business doing so. For us to follow it, the new order has to be passed by the government when the parliament is in session. Hence, we will approach the court for succor.”

    However, observers are not sure if Pakistan’s courts will go against PEMRA’s order. On a previous occasion, in 2013, a high court judge had supported the complete ban on Indian content entering the country and passed an order to that effect.

    Broadcasters meanwhile acknowledge that content trade between India and Pakistan was tilted towards India. “But, in recent times, Indian broadcasters have started acquiring more Pakistani content. And over time we had hoped that the Indo-Pak content trade would be equally split in revenue terms between the two countries. Now we don’t know how much of a setback it will be to our plans to export more to India,” says a Pakistan broadcast television executive..

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  • Pakistan Broadcasters Association to oppose PEMRA Indian content ban

    Pakistan Broadcasters Association to oppose PEMRA Indian content ban

    MUMBAI: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) shocked both Pakistan and Indian broadcasters when it issued an order blanking out  all Indian content from Pakistan’s television channels on 19 October.

    Close to Rs 150 crore of Indian content exports to Pakistan went up in smoke with that order. And, Indian broadcasters’ syndication and film distribution teams – including those from Zee TV, Viacom18, Sony Pictures Networks India, Star India, YRF, Dharma Productions, T-Series etc – were still reeling from the shock of the draconian diktat. As were Pakistan channel, FM radio and film distribution executives and  theatre owners.

    Apparently, the Pakistan media fraternity is not going let PEMRA have its way easily. The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) , the representative body of the TV channels and FM radio services is mulling taking legal recourse against PEMRA’s sudden order.

    According to Pakistan industry sources, the PBA is likely to take PEMRA to court, objecting to its arbitrary decision.

    Says a senior Pakistan TV channel executive: “The current limitation of 10 per cent international and six per cent Indian content was done through an act of Parliament. PEMRA is overstepping its brief by promulgating its new order. It has no business doing so. For us to follow it, the new order has to be passed by the government when the parliament is in session. Hence, we will approach the court for succor.”

    However, observers are not sure if Pakistan’s courts will go against PEMRA’s order. On a previous occasion, in 2013, a high court judge had supported the complete ban on Indian content entering the country and passed an order to that effect.

    Broadcasters meanwhile acknowledge that content trade between India and Pakistan was tilted towards India. “But, in recent times, Indian broadcasters have started acquiring more Pakistani content. And over time we had hoped that the Indo-Pak content trade would be equally split in revenue terms between the two countries. Now we don’t know how much of a setback it will be to our plans to export more to India,” says a Pakistan broadcast television executive..

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  • Zee non-committal to BSE on RBNL acquisition report

    Zee non-committal to BSE on RBNL acquisition report

    MUMBAI: During a period when big-time mergers and acquisitions are popping out of the cupboard while others are being fine-tuned, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) is not willing to confirm or deny that it’s buying Reliance Broadcast’s businesses. At least, for now.

    In response to a news report appearing in a business daily on 13 October, ZEEL gave a non-committal response to Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) yesterday. The company statement said, “We, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, wish to clarify that the said report/article is only a media speculation. As a company, we keep exploring options from    time    to   time and will inform the Exchanges, media and shareholders, if, and as and when, any such decision(s) are reached.”

    The clarification given to BSE is purely non-committal corporate-speak as Zee neither denied the news report, nor confirmed it.

    However, the business daily report on 13 October, 2016 emphasised that “it was done deal” and went ahead to even state that the deal was worth around Rs 18,720 million for the radio and television business owned by Reliance.

    The ZEEL share, which closed on the BSE at Rs. 546.55 on Oct 13, opened the next day at Rs.550.75 to close lower at R. 528.50 on 14 October, 2016.

    Speculation about the Subhash Chandra-led ZEEL buying Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Broadcast Networks Ltd (RBNL) has been making rounds of financial markets and journalistic circles for some time now. Media reports had earlier stated that the ZEEL-RBNL deal has been a case of on-now-off-tomorrow.

    Indiantelevision.com, while reporting on the issue on 5 October, 2016, had sought clarification from ZEEL spokesperson who had then stated, “From time to time, we keep exploring strategic opportunities for entering new businesses or in our existing businesses. However, as a matter of policy, we do not comment on media speculation.”

    The corporate response to media queries from Zee has been similar even when deals — TEN Sports sale to Sony Pictures Network India, for example — were confirmed later and formally announced. When speculation about Siti Cable buying DEN Networks gathered steam, a similar line was thrown. Ditto was the response with Dish TV’s ongoing discussions to acquire Videocon d2h from the debt-laden-and struggling Videocon group.

    Acquiring RBNL businesses, which include Bhojpuri language channel BIG Ganga, a comedy-centric BIG Magic and a successful FM radio business, can certainly add to Zee’s portfolio of entertainment verticals.

    Overall, the media industry may be ripe for consolidation; especially at a time when the regulator too is trying to bring about more order and transparency in the Indian broadcast sector via its draft guidelines.

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  • Zee non-committal to BSE on RBNL acquisition report

    Zee non-committal to BSE on RBNL acquisition report

    MUMBAI: During a period when big-time mergers and acquisitions are popping out of the cupboard while others are being fine-tuned, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) is not willing to confirm or deny that it’s buying Reliance Broadcast’s businesses. At least, for now.

    In response to a news report appearing in a business daily on 13 October, ZEEL gave a non-committal response to Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) yesterday. The company statement said, “We, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, wish to clarify that the said report/article is only a media speculation. As a company, we keep exploring options from    time    to   time and will inform the Exchanges, media and shareholders, if, and as and when, any such decision(s) are reached.”

    The clarification given to BSE is purely non-committal corporate-speak as Zee neither denied the news report, nor confirmed it.

    However, the business daily report on 13 October, 2016 emphasised that “it was done deal” and went ahead to even state that the deal was worth around Rs 18,720 million for the radio and television business owned by Reliance.

    The ZEEL share, which closed on the BSE at Rs. 546.55 on Oct 13, opened the next day at Rs.550.75 to close lower at R. 528.50 on 14 October, 2016.

    Speculation about the Subhash Chandra-led ZEEL buying Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Broadcast Networks Ltd (RBNL) has been making rounds of financial markets and journalistic circles for some time now. Media reports had earlier stated that the ZEEL-RBNL deal has been a case of on-now-off-tomorrow.

    Indiantelevision.com, while reporting on the issue on 5 October, 2016, had sought clarification from ZEEL spokesperson who had then stated, “From time to time, we keep exploring strategic opportunities for entering new businesses or in our existing businesses. However, as a matter of policy, we do not comment on media speculation.”

    The corporate response to media queries from Zee has been similar even when deals — TEN Sports sale to Sony Pictures Network India, for example — were confirmed later and formally announced. When speculation about Siti Cable buying DEN Networks gathered steam, a similar line was thrown. Ditto was the response with Dish TV’s ongoing discussions to acquire Videocon d2h from the debt-laden-and struggling Videocon group.

    Acquiring RBNL businesses, which include Bhojpuri language channel BIG Ganga, a comedy-centric BIG Magic and a successful FM radio business, can certainly add to Zee’s portfolio of entertainment verticals.

    Overall, the media industry may be ripe for consolidation; especially at a time when the regulator too is trying to bring about more order and transparency in the Indian broadcast sector via its draft guidelines.

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